Hiking trails near Perry, Iowa

72 official trails lie within 25 miles of Perry — 283 miles in total, 67 rated easy and 2 hard or expert. Every distance and elevation figure below is computed from the agency centerline and a 10 m elevation model, not crowd-sourced.

The biggest climb nearby gains 292 ft; the median trail gains 48 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
Kate Shelley Trail	11.2	243 ft	Expert	38 min · 26 mi
Neal Smith Trail	21.5	184 ft	Hard	37 min · 27 mi
High Trestle Trail	24.8	219 ft	Moderate	16 min · 11 mi
Raccoon River Valley Trail	89.5	292 ft	Moderate	39 min · 28 mi
Douglas Avenue Trail	4.3	117 ft	Easy	38 min · 28 mi
West 1st Street Trail	4.5	91 ft	Easy	40 min · 29 mi
Northwest 62nd Avenue Trail	3.1	170 ft	Easy	34 min · 26 mi
Johnston to Urbandale Trail	2.7	76 ft	Easy	40 min · 29 mi
Gay Lea Wilson Trail	2.7	154 ft	Easy	52 min · 32 mi
156th Street Trail	2.5	116 ft	Easy	41 min · 28 mi
Multi-Use	3.0	34 ft	Easy	42 min · 28 mi
Clive Greenbelt Trail	1.9	66 ft	Easy	42 min · 29 mi
Northwest 70th Avenue Trail	2.0	103 ft	Easy	34 min · 26 mi
Ontario Street Path	2.1	95 ft	Easy	48 min · 36 mi
Lost Lake	1.1	80 ft	Easy	40 min · 24 mi
Jordan Creek Greenbelt Trail	2.6	38 ft	Easy	45 min · 33 mi
Tedesco Connector Trail	2.7	64 ft	Easy	48 min · 32 mi
Mills Civic Parkway Trail	2.5	42 ft	Easy	47 min · 35 mi
60th Street Trail	1.9	75 ft	Easy	44 min · 32 mi
Ashton Pointe Trail	3.1	25 ft	Easy	40 min · 28 mi
Westown Pkwy Trail	1.5	49 ft	Easy	40 min · 30 mi
Fire	1.2	58 ft	Easy	46 min · 25 mi
Long Meadow Trail	1.3	64 ft	Easy	38 min · 27 mi
Green Meadows North Trail	1.1	102 ft	Easy	35 min · 26 mi

Quick picks near Perry

Easy and short: Douglas Avenue Trail — 4.3 mi, rated easy, 23 mi from town
Longest: Raccoon River Valley Trail — 89.5 mi, 19 mi from town

What the trails reach

Lakes: Neal Smith Trail to Horseshoe Lake; Lost Lake to Lost Lake

Trail guides near Perry

Main Loop Trail — 9.8 mi, 194 ft climb · 29 mi away
Skunk River Greenbelt Trail — 13.8 mi, 110 ft climb · 33 mi away
Mark C. Ackelson Trail — 4.0 mi, 30 ft climb · 35 mi away

Nearby towns: Ames (28 mi) · Des Moines (31 mi) · Winterset (34 mi) · Newton (55 mi)

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